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- Mar 1, 2007
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Well it's finally here.
Rem 700 SPS action, fully blueprinted
24" Benchmark matte stainless 1 in 12 twist. It's a copy of a Pac Nor # 4 with the shank cut so that the taper starts .250" ahead of the recoil lug.
McMillan Edge (from my 264 WM which is now in the SPS stock)
Leupold M8 6x36
Burris medium Zee rings in Leupold bases
It was a bit hard to weigh on our little kitchen scale but it weighs in somewhere between 7 1/2- 7 3/4 lbs scoped up which was where I was hoping it would end up.
Preliminary loads chronographed tonight using IMR 8208 XBR and CCI 250's, one shot at each powder charge.
200 gr Hornady
55 gr - 2788 fps
56 gr - 2853 fps
57 gr - no reading
58 gr - 2906 fps
200 gr AccuBond
56 gr - 2838 fps
57 gr - 2845 fps
58 gr - 2895 fps
200 gr TTSX
56 gr - forgot to turn the Chrony on
57 gr - 2864 fps
58 gr - 2876 fps
Hodgdon lists 59 gr of IMR 8208 with a Sierra 200 gr bullet and presumably a standard primer of some sort for a speed of 2802 fps. Since I'm using different 200 gr bullets and a magnum primer it appears Like I will hit that speed at betwwen 55 and 56 gr of powder. The loads I shoot next at 100 yards will be in that range, if the the Chrongraph reads 2800-2850 fps with good accuracy I think I will be done. Any thoughts on this plan of attack? Hopefully I can make it out on Friday and Saturday for some more shooting.
Rem 700 SPS action, fully blueprinted
24" Benchmark matte stainless 1 in 12 twist. It's a copy of a Pac Nor # 4 with the shank cut so that the taper starts .250" ahead of the recoil lug.
McMillan Edge (from my 264 WM which is now in the SPS stock)
Leupold M8 6x36
Burris medium Zee rings in Leupold bases
It was a bit hard to weigh on our little kitchen scale but it weighs in somewhere between 7 1/2- 7 3/4 lbs scoped up which was where I was hoping it would end up.
Preliminary loads chronographed tonight using IMR 8208 XBR and CCI 250's, one shot at each powder charge.
200 gr Hornady
55 gr - 2788 fps
56 gr - 2853 fps
57 gr - no reading
58 gr - 2906 fps
200 gr AccuBond
56 gr - 2838 fps
57 gr - 2845 fps
58 gr - 2895 fps
200 gr TTSX
56 gr - forgot to turn the Chrony on
57 gr - 2864 fps
58 gr - 2876 fps
Hodgdon lists 59 gr of IMR 8208 with a Sierra 200 gr bullet and presumably a standard primer of some sort for a speed of 2802 fps. Since I'm using different 200 gr bullets and a magnum primer it appears Like I will hit that speed at betwwen 55 and 56 gr of powder. The loads I shoot next at 100 yards will be in that range, if the the Chrongraph reads 2800-2850 fps with good accuracy I think I will be done. Any thoughts on this plan of attack? Hopefully I can make it out on Friday and Saturday for some more shooting.
